Park buildings available in St. Paul? - Leonardo’s Basement looking into opportunities with St. Paul city gov - Rent free! But would pay utilities and probably building upkeep - This information is VERY preliminary, so NO promises... but cross your fingersBylaws - Changes in the past weeks on elections. Posted in advance. - Most members familiar with them - Article 6 Section 5 Discussion - - No changes (prior to meeting) related to “Significant personal gain” - - Rationale: running a business exclusively from the shop is frowned upon. - - Counter Point: Implying vague limitations - - Point: We don’t have a shop yet. Don’t insert shop stuff in any documents yet - - This may belong somewhere else in something like the code of conduct which members must sign before gaining access to a future shop (and should be posted clearly on shop walls) - - Resolution: “Significant personal gain” statement stricken from the bylaws. (May reappear in another document such as Code of Conduct.) Article 6 Section 5 stricken from the bylaws - Article 6 Section 2 Discussion - - Speech on “shop supervisors and instructors” - - Paying staff/contractors/etc. with “in-kind” memberships first, then cash over & above as appropriate - - Resolution: Strike “shop” from the section only. - Question on responsibilities of generating financial information - - Who makes the budget? - Article 3 Section 1 - - Does the membership have the power to approve the budget - - Resolved: Add (E) Governing board shall submit an annual budget to the membership four weeks prior to the general membership meeting of each fiscal year - Article 5 - - Adjust fiscal year to give new board time to prepare budget after election. - - Rules already exist for general membership to overrule board in the event of severe disagreements - - Resolved: Fiscal year shall begin on October 1st. - Bylaws approved unanimously as presented with these changes

Beer Break!

Election Questions - Talk about postponing elections due to low number of nominations - People who have accepted nominations have shown the most interest in the positions - We’re going along with it

Award to Paul Sobczak the first permanent honorary membership to TC Maker, for getting this great ball rolling? - Passed unanimously

Elections - Only one person accepted nomination per Governing Board position - Motion to suspend the bylaws and accept the slate of nominations as given - - Seconded - - Discussion - - Resolution: Nearly unanimous acceptance of the motion

Dues & Members Discussion - Nothing is tax deductible until the IRS gives us the paper - Group membership isn’t necessarily dependent upon the existence of the workshop - The board needs to develop the Dues Schedule to define layers of membership and related dues - Motion to postpone collection of $20/month "interim" Membership dues until next month - - With the understanding that members will receive $10 off "general" Membership dues (tentatively $50/month) for every month paid, applicable when our workshop actually opens. - - passed (but start saving up, folks!)

Motion to close business - Passed

Memorable Quotes“It is not possible to legislate good judgment and common sense” – Theo

To be honest, I don't know how. I'm logged in right now, but I see no provision for adding new pages. I'd like to create a whole section for meeting minutes, linked from the front page of the Wiki, with the individual minutes pages sorted by date.